Granta Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth
Keiron PimGranta‘Scanning the contours of Roth’s life, some have labeled him a brilliant writer but a morally disappointing man.’ Endless Flight by @KieronPim is out next week from @GrantaBooks! Read an early review in the @nytimes: https://t.co/OIgweM87wl
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fashion: A Manifesto
Anouchka GroseGranta‘Wear all your favourite things at once. Or dress in the clothes your partner leaves on the floor. Whatever you like. Or don’t like. It literally doesn’t matter.’ Fashion: A Manifesto by Anouchka Grose is out now from @NottingHillEds. https://t.co/x15Wpkpn10
Hardcover, 2023
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wound Is the Origin of Wonder: Poems
Maya C. PopaGranta‘The trees were on the verge of rebirth so sudden / you’d miss it from one day to the next’ Two poems by @MayaCPopa. Her book of poetry Wound Is the Origin of Wonder publishes today from @picadorbooks. https://t.co/8P0DC3tRBK
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sweetness of Water
Nathan HarrisGrantaNathan Harris is the author of the Booker-longlisted The Sweetness of Water and has been selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree. Our winter issue, Granta 158: In the Family, will feature Nathan’s new story ‘The Physician’. Congratulations once more to all!
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
$47.00$23.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Second Nature
JaeGrantaGranta 153: Second Nature features award-winning writers, expert scientists and activists from the frontlines of the climate crisis. Click here to attend our Zoom launch on 19 November, moderated by guest-editor @isabella_tree. https://t.co/RGF6Ol3XIZ https://t.co/IuHnua6t9k
Paperback, 2020
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Jar
Sylvia PlathGrantaDon’t miss this beautiful new collector’s edition of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar from @foliosociety. This timeless novel features ethereal illustrations by Alexandra Lavasseur and an introduction by Plath biographer Heather Clark. https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-bell-jar-plath.html?utm_source=granta&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=bell_jar&utm_content=twitter https://t.co/DIt5XW4RYr
Paperback, 2005
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Palma Cathedral: Poems
Michael WhiteGranta‘Watching baby alligators / and their white needle teeth / go to town on the bloated corpse / of an indeterminate mammal / is not my favorite way to begin / a Tuesday.’ Two poems by Michael Bazzett. https://t.co/qRu09bjL6G
Paperback, 1998
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prescribee
Chia-Lun ChangGranta‘I always enjoy handwriting in a planner, / Inserting my fingers into preparation / Inviting all possibilities from a sketch.’ An extract from Prescribee by Chia-Lun Chang, available now from @nightboatbooks! https://t.co/iFwhxxcnRp
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Camera
Jean-Philippe ToussaintGranta‘Writing about the mundane is difficult, the obvious trap being that what you make is boring.’ Best Book of 1988: Juliet Jacques on Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Camera, and the novel's expression of anxiety mixed with mundanity. https://t.co/rgULYMBkTQ
Paperback, 2008
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nights at the Circus
Angela CarterGrantaDon’t miss this beautiful new collector’s edition of Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus from @foliosociety. This wildly original novel features dazzling illustrations by Eileen Cooper and an introduction by novelist Sarah Waters. https://t.co/6xvMx8I2Yn https://t.co/vJMXxVgikL
Paperback, 1986
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book